Definition of Turritis

1. Noun. Closely related to and often included in genus Arabis.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Turritis

Turku
Turley
Turlock virus
Turlupin
Turlupins
Turnbull
Turnbull's blue
Turner
Turner's sulcus
Turner's tooth
Turneresque
Turnicidae
Turnix sylvatica
Turritis
Turritis glabra
Tursiops
Tursiops gilli
Tursiops truncatus
Turtlemania
Tusayan
Tuscaloosa
Tuscan
Tuscan order
Tuscany
Tuscarora
Tuscaroras
Tuskegee
Tussaud

Literary usage of Turritis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Sowerby, James Edward Smith by James Sowerby, James Edward Smith (1799)
"turritis glabra. Linn. Sp. PI. 930. Sm. Fl. Brit. 715. Hudf. 291. ... turritis. Rail Sjn. 293. by AB Lambert Efq. and Mr. ..."

2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Calyx erect, connivent. Petals erect. Obs. 2837. L. 1. turritis glabra. ... turritis. Rail syn. 293; //«/.799. Lob.ic.i. 220, repr. in Ger. by Johns. ..."

3. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"It differs from the true E. turritis by its smaller size, and by having the costa dotted with black. The females resemble small females of E. cardamines, ..."

4. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"[TuRRiTis L. Sp. PI. 666 (1753).] 1933. Arabis alpina L. Sp. PI. 664 (1753). 1934. ... turritis brachycarpa T. & G. Fl. NA i : 79 (1838). ..."

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